Hi all,

About 2-3 days ago, we noticed a significant increase in traffic to our API. It appeared to be coming from thousands of individual IPs, each querying for updated status on a single series every few seconds. We initially thought this was an attack, and started blocking IPs. Eventually, we realized these were active user accounts, so we started banning the associated account.

We now believe this wasn't an attack, but rather a misconfigured app or plugin called Tachiyomi. While I'm not very familiar with the app, it turns out it was a reader/tracker which has been decommissioned as of a few days ago. I do not know why that coincided with the uptake in traffic, but it appears a misconfiguration in the app causes it to request status on various series every few seconds. With everyone's client/app doing this at the same time, it causes significant load and we had to take action.

As a result, we have banned some users using this app. If you want your account unbanned, please email myself or lamb (click API to the right to get our email addresses). I would prefer that Tachiyomi fix the app, but it seems the developers do not plan to continue development. As a result, I don't believe this will be resolved.

We're sorry for the inconvenience.

MU Staff

This week's poll was suggested by LazyReviewer. What is your favorite medium for storytelling? Yes, I did separate out movies vs. TV. I think in terms of storytelling, I consume the most in regular old books.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What was the origin of the first comic you read?
Choices:
Japanese - votes: 1167 (39.7%)
American - votes: 788 (26.8%)
Chinese - votes: 63 (2.1%)
Korean - votes: 157 (5.3%)
Other Asian - votes: 53 (1.8%)
Other North American - votes: 19 (0.6%)
South or Central American - votes: 121 (4.1%)
European - votes: 524 (17.8%)
Oceanian - votes: 9 (0.3%)
African, Arabic or Persian - votes: 35 (1.2%)
There were 2936 total votes.
The poll ended: January 13th, 2024 10:30am PST

Of course it's manga. You meet our target demographic

This week's poll was suggested by mrs_choco. Do you remember what the first comic you read? Maybe it was Batman, or maybe it was Naruto. What was the country of origin for that comic?

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Worst character trait of a lover?
Choices:
Cold / Dandere / Kuudere - votes: 76 (2.8%)
Tsundere - votes: 144 (5.2%)
Yandere / Obsessive - votes: 375 (13.6%)
Possessive - votes: 82 (3%)
Jealous - votes: 64 (2.3%)
Violent - votes: 765 (27.8%)
Secretive - votes: 118 (4.3%)
Genki / Deredere - votes: 16 (0.6%)
Simple-minded - votes: 53 (1.9%)
Perverted - votes: 139 (5.1%)
Egotistic - votes: 156 (5.7%)
Childish - votes: 98 (3.6%)
Arrogant / Proud - votes: 92 (3.3%)
Dense / Dumb - votes: 244 (8.9%)
Emotionless / Expressionless - votes: 113 (4.1%)
Spoiled - votes: 215 (7.8%)
There were 2750 total votes.
The poll ended: January 6th, 2024 9:19am PST

Violent ones are probably some of the worst in real life too

This week's poll was also suggested by Nyxsha. Now it's about lovers! I did take some of the options from the previous poll. You can decide whether lovers refers to the main character or a side character. Or maybe it's someone in your own life?

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Worst character trait of protagonist?
Choices:
Arrogant / Proud - votes: 280 (9.9%)
Cold - votes: 39 (1.4%)
Dense / Dumb - votes: 1043 (36.9%)
Violent - votes: 132 (4.7%)
Genki - votes: 41 (1.4%)
Childish - votes: 241 (8.5%)
Cute - votes: 44 (1.6%)
Egotistic - votes: 225 (8%)
Pessimistic - votes: 96 (3.4%)
Emotionless / Expressionless - votes: 165 (5.8%)
Lazy - votes: 63 (2.2%)
Simple-minded - votes: 163 (5.8%)
Yandere - votes: 298 (10.5%)
There were 2830 total votes.
The poll ended: December 30th, 2023 10:58am PST

Dumb and still able to get things done somehow

Happy holidays! This week's poll was brought to you by our member Nyxsha. What are the worst parts of a protagonist? Maybe in the comments you can talk about the worst protagonist you've ever read?

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What age do you prefer the protagonist being in a series?
Choices:
0-10 years old - votes: 79 (2.4%)
11-20 years old - votes: 651 (19.7%)
21-30 years old - votes: 2018 (60.9%)
31-40 years old - votes: 298 (9%)
41-50 years old - votes: 35 (1.1%)
51-60 years old - votes: 11 (0.3%)
61-70 years old - votes: 6 (0.2%)
71-80 years old - votes: 8 (0.2%)
81+ years old - votes: 35 (1.1%)
Immortal - votes: 171 (5.2%)
There were 3312 total votes.
The poll ended: December 23rd, 2023 8:49am PST

As the comments suggested, I really should have split some of the younger ages up better instead of by decade. Oh well

This week's poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. There's no "no preference" choice, so make a pick. This is similar to a poll we did in 2012 which had you choose the preferred age of the protagonist relative to yourself, where the top pick (outside of no preference) chose the option "Approximately the same age as me".

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: If you could choose which series world you would be isekaied into, which genre would it have?
Choices:
Romance - votes: 384 (15.7%)
Fantasy - votes: 620 (25.4%)
Harem - votes: 240 (9.8%)
Action - votes: 44 (1.8%)
Mystery - votes: 37 (1.5%)
Thriller - votes: 7 (0.3%)
Horror - votes: 11 (0.5%)
Adventure - votes: 156 (6.4%)
Comedy - votes: 147 (6%)
Sci-fi - votes: 141 (5.8%)
School life - votes: 62 (2.5%)
Gender bender - votes: 135 (5.5%)
Sports - votes: 19 (0.8%)
Martial arts - votes: 43 (1.8%)
Tragedy - votes: 8 (0.3%)
Mecha - votes: 54 (2.2%)
Something 18+ - votes: 336 (13.7%)
There were 2444 total votes.
The poll ended: December 16th, 2023 10:09am PST

No one wants the scary and sad stuff

This week's poll was suggested by Nyxsha. Say you were hit by a truck and somehow wake up in a manga universe. What genre is this series?

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's the sharpest thing in your bedroom?
Choices:
Weapon (sword, knife, spear, etc.) - votes: 580 (25.2%)
Writing tool (pen, pencil, etc.) - votes: 221 (9.6%)
Pins / Needles - votes: 212 (9.2%)
Office supplies (paper, scissors, box cutters, etc.) - votes: 694 (30.1%)
Gardening tools - votes: 12 (0.5%)
Grooming tools - votes: 99 (4.3%)
Construction tools - votes: 54 (2.3%)
Exposed nails, screws, or wires - votes: 29 (1.3%)
Keys - votes: 40 (1.7%)
Toys - votes: 16 (0.7%)
The edge of furniture - votes: 203 (8.8%)
Other - votes: 43 (1.9%)
My bedroom only has fluffy clouds and nothing is sharp - votes: 99 (4.3%)
There were 2302 total votes.
The poll ended: December 9th, 2023 9:41am PST

A surprising number of you keep weapons in your bedroom

This week's silly poll was suggested by thehamzatsuit. What's the sharpest thing in your bedroom? Maybe you sleep with a knife under your pillow.

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite ice cream flavor?
Choices:
Chocolate - votes: 547 (17.5%)
Vanilla - votes: 511 (16.3%)
Strawberry - votes: 197 (6.3%)
Stracciatella - votes: 69 (2.2%)
Matcha/green tea - votes: 126 (4%)
Fruit (apple, lemon, mango, etc.) - votes: 267 (8.5%)
Nuts (walnuts, pistachio, etc.) - votes: 195 (6.2%)
Cookie (cookies & cream, cake, etc) - votes: 379 (12.1%)
Yogurt or buttermilk - votes: 37 (1.2%)
Alcoholic (rum, amaretto, etc.) - votes: 48 (1.5%)
Coffee - votes: 133 (4.3%)
Sweet (caramel, cotton candy, bubblegum, etc.) - votes: 124 (4%)
Mint - votes: 258 (8.3%)
Something else - votes: 183 (5.9%)
I don't like ice cream - votes: 53 (1.7%)
There were 3127 total votes.
The poll ended: December 2nd, 2023 10:29am PST

So in Neapolitan, strawberry loses

This week's poll was suggested by icassop. It was originally suggested during the summer, but it's (almost) winter now... There's way too many ice cream flavors out there, so of course it's not an exhaustive list.

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What time do you normally wake up?
Choices:
12 AM - votes: 24 (0.6%)
1 AM - votes: 7 (0.2%)
2 AM - votes: 18 (0.5%)
3 AM - votes: 30 (0.8%)
4 AM - votes: 120 (3%)
5 AM - votes: 290 (7.3%)
6 AM - votes: 610 (15.3%)
7 AM - votes: 696 (17.5%)
8 AM - votes: 597 (15%)
9 AM - votes: 471 (11.8%)
10 AM - votes: 356 (8.9%)
11 AM - votes: 183 (4.6%)
12 PM - votes: 179 (4.5%)
1 PM - votes: 91 (2.3%)
2 PM - votes: 84 (2.1%)
3 PM - votes: 42 (1.1%)
4 PM - votes: 31 (0.8%)
5 PM - votes: 24 (0.6%)
6 PM - votes: 23 (0.6%)
7 PM - votes: 25 (0.6%)
8 PM - votes: 25 (0.6%)
9 PM - votes: 15 (0.4%)
10 PM - votes: 16 (0.4%)
11 PM - votes: 24 (0.6%)
There were 3981 total votes.
The poll ended: November 25th, 2023 7:38am PST

Now I wonder when most people are productive

This week's poll was suggested by Great. What time do you wake up on average, assuming some sort of regular schedule? I only listed every hour, so if you normally wake up at 8:30 AM, choose either 8 AM or 9 AM as your option. Up to you.

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: From the scanlation perspective, what is your current status?
Choices:
Scanlator - votes: 50 (2.2%)
Reader - votes: 1918 (86.1%)
Both - votes: 147 (6.6%)
Neither - votes: 112 (5%)
There were 2227 total votes.
The poll ended: November 18th, 2023 2:30pm PST

If neither, why are you here?